unlike coolidge, woodrow wilson had opposed women's suffrage, even at the state level. not only in 1907, but years later as governor of new jersey and as president. wilson did not support women's suffrage at the state level until 1915, by which time susan b anthony was ten years in the grave, dying at age 86. and wilson didn't drop his opposition to the susan v anthony amendment until the final years of his second term in the white house. the fact that wilson opposed women's suffrage while coolidge supported it, highlights an important distinction. wilson's brand of progressivism came to define the movement, but he and many of the progressives that he appointed to his cabinet and his government did not include women's rights in their definition of progressive, nor did they include civil rights for americans. most progressives wilson among them, subscribed to academic theories that validated racial hierarchies. what historian david southern has labeled scientific racism. it was built on elaborate intellectual constructs that drew from biology, psychology, sociology, jewis

woodrow wilson. the book is titled untold power the fascinating rise and complete sex legacy of first lady edith wilson. before we start, i want to let you know that we will save of time for some questions at the end, so please feel free to type those in the bottom. during the course of our discussion. and as i mentioned, we are happy to be co-hosting this women on wednesday with the first lady's initiative at agu and especially thrilled that the director of the first lady's initiative, our friend anita mcbride, is here tonight as well. anita, as i'm sure many of you know, is the former chief of staff for first lady laura bush and earlier in her career was the director of presidential personnel for ronald reagan and george h.w. bush. anita, let me have you set the stage a bit for our discussions tonight and just talk about what we can learn from the study of first ladies and their significant contributions to our history. thank you so much, betsy. i'm really thrilled to be here with you tonight and wi

it's possible that we could have done what woodrow wilson done. it would become a war of choice because we're often the anti all the time, you know, first to iceland convoys of 40 convoys. but i think in roosevelt's mind, i really think he's a reluctant, belligerent. and in other questions. no. well, thank very, very much. for a reminder the proof professor work will be a signing books in the lobby and they're for sale in the museum. thank you for coming and travels thank you tom. all right. a navy patrol plane. routine patrol only behind every cloud may be an enemy. midway island, not much land right enough, but it's our outpost. your front yard yard. and. my nine. year of your life. and my. these are the natives of midway. tokyo has to liberate them. from the birds seem nervous. there's in the air something behind that sunset. excitement this morning the dawn patrol has sighted an enemy fleet during the night flying fortresses landed at midway. and historic council of war is held. that pilot walk looks familiar. my neighbors are used to amble ju

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so he stops and does an entire book cled the ordl of woodrow wilson, which became a bestseller there. and he was an insider and a member of the wilson administration. and because of that conservative never forgave him. i mean, he at heart in these years wilsonian. anhe shared that with franklin roosevelt. they were both wilsonian. so ts lend doug up this photo for for me of the colorful of his secretaries i couldn't it in the book becau in the middl of the book there are eight pages of of color plates. but couldn't color in the book just wherever wanted it. so you get to the color today hoover recognized he would not be remembered as a great president. i said that and so this is his epic and here he is he's finally finished it but he finished it on his near his birthday in august of 1964 just months before he died and here he is with his publisher. but you know, he wrote but this is why i decided do the book he only wrote 11 pages on his work. refugees, polish and finnish and he ignored this he had the success he had it with roosevelt. so i think the reason why is put this aside time

that teddy roosevelt in his 1912 campaign, he was running against his hand-picked successor and woodrow wilson was the democrat and there was a socialist. his biggest issue was taking on the activism and arrogance of the supreme court of that era, leading to his fight against his cousin franklin roosevelt over the new year. -- new deal. the significant backlash came from that court and its aftermath. the warren court made important strides for justice, freedom and democracy, with cases like round versus board of education. by the end it was so activists on so many fronts it created a political backlash. the conservative counterrevolution. we have been living through that backlash for decades. today, this court is misreading its moment and overreaching and the political backlash has begun. host: michael waldman here, tom joins us from nashville, our independent line. you are on with michael waldman of the brennan center and the author of the book "the super majority." caller: that was really good what you said about my favorite president. but i call about 50 years ago when they destroyed the na

he takes us through his feud with president woodrow wilson.e wanted to form another roughriders soldier regiment and fight in europe. wilson turned him down, in spite of the fact both the u.s. senate house had approved roosevelt's request. >> on this episode of book notes plus, available on the c-span now free mobile app or whatever you get your podcasts. >> watch a video on demand anytime online at c-span.org and try the points of interest feature that uses markers to guide you to newsworthy and interesting highlights of key coverage. use it anytime online at c-span.org. >> be up-to-date on the latest in publishing with tv's podcast about books, with current nonfiction book releases, plus bestseller lists and industry news and trends through insider interviews. you can find it on c-span now, the free mobile app, or wherever you get your podcasts. >> healthy democracy does not just look like this. it looks like this, where americans can see democracy at work, republic thrives. get informed straight from the source on c-span. unfiltered, unbias

welcome, everyone to the woodrow wilson center. we are congressionally chartered scholars, ship driven and fiercely nonpartisan. and we are also happy to welcome all of you here today. and c-span, which is also filming this for their book talk. so thank you all at wilson. we are proud of our scholarship we use it to power our discussion of the critical challenges facing today. rob litvack snow book focuses on one of the most immediate challenges triple or instability and nuclear competition among united states, russia and china. best of for all of you and for people who are participating online. i want you to know this book is available as an e-book for free from the and you can find it online on our website. so for this discussion i am very to be sharing the stage with the best of the best. rob litvack is the wilson center senior vice president and director of international security. his strategic vision has really shaped the wilson center itself in his deep knowledge and critical thinking, has shaped many of us in this room under

welcome, everyone to the woodrow wilson center. we are congressionally chartered scholars, ship driven and fiercely nonpartisan. and we are also happy to welcome all of you here today. and c-span, which is also filming this for their book talk. so thank you all at wilson. we are proud of our scholarship we use it to power our discussion of the critical challenges facing today. rob litvack snow book focuses on one of the most immediate challenges triple or instability and nuclear competition among united states, russia and china. best of for all of you and for people who are participating online. i want you to know this book is available as an e-book for free from the and you can find it online on our website. so for this discussion i am very to be sharing the stage with the best of the best. rob litvack is the wilson center senior vice president and director of international security. his strategic vision has really shaped the wilson center itself in his deep knowledge and critical thinking, has shaped many of us in this room under

roosevelt in 1912 presidential campaign that's story where he was running to be a successor, and woodrow wilson was the democrat. socialist eugene debs. the big issue was taking on the activism as arrogance of the supreme court of that era. and of course leading up to the fight between his cousin, franklin roosevelt and the supreme court over the new deal. and i would say that a third era when there was certainly a significant backlash came in the warren court era and actually in its aftermath. now, i think that the warren court played extraordinarily important strides in the justice and freedom of democracy in the country. like brown versus board of education. but by the end, it was so activists on so many fronts that it created a political backlash. a conservative counter revolution. legally. and we have been living through that backlash for decades. i think we are in a moment like that today, where this court is also miss reading the moment and overreaching. and the political backlash has already begun. >> michael walton here for this discussion. tom joins us from nashville and this is on ou

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february in 1918, at the end of the first world war, the then president of the united states, woodrow wilsonkasler of the german empire, count e, georg von hitler, and in this speech, wilson promised a het. ling world i quote a world without annexations of indemnities and punitive damage to germany like, everything will be fine. only uh, end the war, then we remember there was the treaty of versailles and indemnities and humiliations, and everything and and and and annexations, and rejection, territories and so on and so further. and now listen to what maxbet offers in this context. the hypocrisy of woodrowilson's promise was undeniable , given his russian views and support for the blood jim laws that enforced racial segregation if the german high command knew peace terms that they would not ultimately be forced to accept. they would doubtless have continued to fight, but in october 1918 the german generals, looking for a way out of an unwinnable war, were hooked on wilson's promise that germany could end the war without humiliation and crushing reparations. ultimately. this played a role in

only without participants in the conflict. in general, in one office, well, remember at least woodrow wilson’s, and then these points were simply as if dictated and er became the subject of a serious er versailles versailles agreement regarding how much today this case is possible, here one very important point is omitted, such things were usually used after the world went through a continental and global war. and only then did similar things appear at the exit, and is there a chance for the world today? here we are today, you asked a very correct question asked a very correct question and in general, is it possible to conduct such negotiations without russia, from my point of view, prepare the content and try to explain to the world that it has a chance to prevent a continental and global war as a task the maximum for such measures is possible now, where is the place for the so-called program of the ukrainian program, which i have already said about this more than once, it is actually located in the city of the resolution of the un general assembly, that is, this document can actually be call

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talks about her book, which examines if first lady edith wilson was an acting president while woodrow wilson recovered from a stroke. she takes a look at edith life as the second wilson to live in the white house. exploring the american story. watch american story -- history tv on c-span2. watch a full schedule on your program guide or watch online at c-span.org/history. >> congress returns tuesday for legislative business. the house will consider its first 2024 spending bill, funding the agricultural department, the fda and v.a.. the current gerenting expires. senators are expected to continue work on the annual defeerogram policy bill. the final vote is expected by the end of the week. watch live coverage on c-span, the senate on c-span2, reminder, you can watch all the congressional coverage on c-span now or online at c-span.org. >> now, senators chris coons, a democrat from delaware, and texas republican, john cornyn, discuss national security and foreign policy efforts at the aspen security forum in colorado. this is 45 minutes. >> it is a great honor and pleasure to be seated up here w

he takes us through his feud with president woodrow wilson.

you go back to woodrow wilson and franklin roosevelt, it was disgusting.help of the new york times and the washington post and so forth. you see what is going on today. it is back. they not only want to silence people, they want to destroy people they disagree with. in some cases, prison them. the democrat party, they see silent or celebrating it. you've got to say yourself, how can people tolerate this from this party? i don't know if you are democrat or republican, i have had my friend don and he makes it clear i am a democrat but i am a liberal. i am not one of these guys. i am not one of these crazy guys. but the problem is, joe biden's. i don't want to hear about it. the most aggressive theoretical president in my view ever. your thoughts. >> your points about the first amendment and how it is being abused so badly here. we talk about the damage that these tactics cause. what we are to talk about also is the chilling effect that it has. what we don't even see about those people that are stopped from speaking freely because of the weaponization. people

that split the republican vote and effectively handed the presidency to woodrow wilson.ned anything from history, this third party might be able to spread this message and rile of some voters. but those efforts have never been enough to win. it usually ends with him peeling off middle of the road voters from middle of the party candidates. this cheney says that she is hoping to avoid that in 2024. >> if you were to run, would it be as a third party candidate? >> well, i'm not going to do anything that helps donald trump and i think that -- [applause] i'll make a decision about what i do and what comes next later on this year. >> one group is going to give a tried by the possibility -- and no labels is that group. it is a political group that -- it has plans for what it calls an independent unity ticket in 2024. no labels plans to back a third party candidate in the presidential race as currently trying to gain ballot access in all 50 states. the good things that it third party ticket will detract a sizeable share of independent voters who are looking for a candidate in t

we're at the woodrow wilson rest stop off of route 95, as you know it runs all the way from maine toolks are charging tesla's here at the rest stop as you see. as you point out the number, 43 million people to the highways and that is an all-time record according to aaa. that's the projection. more people driving this year. we're back from the pandemic issues and when it comes to air travel. take a look at the numbers from the tsa just in this morning. over the weekend, 8 million people passing through the tsa checkpoints. they said on friday it was the busiest air travel day in their history. it brought a lot of delays and cancellations all across the country and we talked to the folks at morning consult that keep their finger on the pulse of air travel. they tell us that they think a lot of people are traveling now but this fall maybe not so much. take a listen. >> what i do expect is we'll see more of a drop-off in the fall. i think the fact that travel is more expensive now. gas prices are lower than they were last summer but plane tickets are much more expensive than they were.

. >> president woodrow wilson suffered a stroke in office peer the public never knew.as guarded from questions about his polio when he was president. some politicians hang onto long. >> i believe there should be a criteria of fitness to serve, cognitive testing or assessment. that is what the senators owe us. that's what can be done. >> but that could be unconstitutional. the constitution only requires senators to be 30 years old and a resident of the state they represent. it takes a two-thirds vote to expel them. >> harris: chad, thank you. let's look at the top five oldest lawmakers from each political party. among democrats, senator dianne feinstein, who i just mentioned. among republicans, senator chuck grassley. across both parties, all members are 80 years old or older. doug collins, former republican congressman from georgia. isaac divine, former obama campaign advisor, sarah get and former democratic candidate for mayor of columbia, south carolina. great to see you both. this is a difficult conversation. each of us is going to age differently. if you have a con